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All the latest news, reviews and interviews about your favourite television series, as well as shows and films on Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and other streaming platforms.

Myha’la returns as Harper Stern in season four of Industry. Photos: AP, @industryhbo/Instagram

Fame and celebrity

Meet Myha’la, who plays Harper Stern in financial thriller Industry

How Myha’la went from Broadway dreams to Bodies Bodies Bodies, Leave the World Behind and Black Mirror … and how she met her future husband through Instagram.

11 Jan 2026 - 6:00PMvideocam

8 new TV series to watch this winter, including Bridgerton Season 4

11 Jan 2026 - 4:15AM

Latest K-drama casting news about Park Min-young, Song Joong-ki and more

10 Jan 2026 - 3:15PM

Netflix Japanese drama Gimbap and Onigiri serves up romance one meal at a time

Starring Eiji Akaso and Kang Hye-won, Netflix’s Gimbap and Onigiri explores romance and cultural connection through food.

10 Jan 2026 - 12:15PM

Eiji Akaso (left) and Kang Hye-won in a still from Gimbap and Onigiri. The new Japanese drama on Netflix explores culture, connection and quiet romance. Photo: courtesy of TV Tokyo

Fame and celebrity

Meet Katherine LaNasa, who plays Dana Evans in medical drama The Pitt

The Emmy winner from the HBO Max show starring Noah Wyle, drew inspiration for her role from a ‘really kick-ass’ aunt and battled cancer right before auditioning.

9 Jan 2026 - 6:00PMvideocam

Korean drama reviews

Spring Fever: Ahn Bo-hyun, Lee Joo-bin in formulaic rural romcom K-drama

Spring Fever pairs Ahn Bo-hyun and Lee Joo-bin in a rural romcom that leans hard on the ‘city woman finds love and healing in the countryside’ formula.

9 Jan 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

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Warner Bros prefers Netflix, snubs Paramount’s updated takeover bid

Warner Bros board calls Paramount’s US$108 billion offer ‘risky leveraged buyout’ and reaffirms its commitment to US$82 billion Netflix deal.

8 Jan 2026 - 11:07AM

Warner Bros rejects Paramount’s US$108 billion takeover bid over debt fears. Photo: Reuters

Fame and celebrity

Meet Paul W. Downs, who cosplayed Timothée Chalamet with his Hacks co-star

At the Critics’ Choice Awards, Downs and co-star Megan Stalter walked the red carpet in orange outfits inspired by Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner.

7 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM

Fame and celebrity

Meet Francesca Xuereb, who plays physical therapist Cheyenne in Landman

The Detroit-born actress once worked as a server between acting jobs, and went back to being a waitress during the writers’ strike in 2023.

6 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM

Food and Drinks

Chef ‘Triple Star’ of Culinary Class Wars gives Hong Kong a taste of Korea

In Hong Kong recently for a four-hands dinner, Scott Kang opens up on his Culinary Class Wars experience and redefining Korean cuisine.

6 Jan 2026 - 6:49PMvideocam

Chef Scott Kang of Trid in Seoul, South Korea, who found fame on Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars, was in Hong Kong recently for a four-hands dinner with Bruno Jeong Jin-hwan, head chef of Mosu Hong Kong. Photo: Mosu Hong Kong

Korean drama reviews

The Judge Returns: Ji Sung fights corruption in legal thriller K-drama

Starring Ji Sung, Won Jin-ah and Park Hee-soon, The Judge Returns is set in a dystopian near-future Seoul torn open by rampant corruption.

6 Jan 2026 - 11:10AMvideocam

Ji Sung as corrupt judge Lee Han-young in a still from The Judge Returns, a new Korean drama on HBO Max.

Apple TV’s Drops of God star Tomohisa Yamashita on going deeper in season 2

Yamashita talks about ‘hard’ free-diving scenes in the wine drama’s new season as co-star Fleur Geffrier shares how her character got darker.

5 Jan 2026 - 6:29PM

Small market, global competition: can Singapore’s filmmakers break out abroad?

The government has rolled out a US$155.6 million programme to help local filmmakers reach wider markets amid shrinking cinema audiences.

5 Jan 2026 - 8:01AMvideocam

Netflix-Warner deal sparks concern in India’s entertainment sector

Films in Indian cinemas could be screened for a shorter period before they move to Netflix’s streaming platform, an association warns.

2 Jan 2026 - 8:58PM

A Netflix sign atop a building in Los Angeles, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. Photo: AP

Fame and celebrity

Meet Jake Connelly, who plays Derek Turnbow in Stranger Things

The 13-year-old fan favourite, who was in commercials before his big break, had to keep his involvement in the series a secret for 18 months.

2 Jan 2026 - 4:51PM

Jake Connelly plays foul-mouthed bully-turned-ally Derek Turnbow in Stranger Things’ final season. Photo: @jakeconnellyofficial/Instagram

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Jordan Chan went from Hong Kong bad boy to patriotic family man in China

Jordan Chan came from poverty in Guangdong, moved to Hong Kong as a child and worked odd jobs before joining TVB as a dance apprentice.

2 Jan 2026 - 7:15AM

Meet Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova – Ilya’s friend Svetlana in Heated Rivalry

A model and trained dancer, the native Russian speaker’s credits also include The Boys and Slip.

31 Dec 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Back to the Past: Louis Koo, Raymond Lam lead nostalgic film sequel

This big-budget sci-fi fantasy may be an emotional watch for fans of the 2001 Hong Kong show A Step into the Past, even if it falls short.

31 Dec 2025 - 12:29AMvideocam

Louis Koo in a still from Back to the Past.

8 of the best new K-drama series to watch in January 2026

Ji Sung stars in The Judge Returns, Nam Ji-hyun and Moon Sang-min clash in To My Beloved Thief, and Park Shin-hye is Undercover Miss Hong.

30 Dec 2025 - 8:15PMvideocam

Meet Linnea Berthelsen, who plays Kali Prasad, aka Eight, on Stranger Things

Now in its fifth season, the Duffer Brothers’ blockbuster sci-fi Netflix original is coming to a close on the last day of 2025.

30 Dec 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

Korean drama reviews

Made in Korea: Hyun Bin, Jung Woo-sung in slick political thriller K-drama

Made in Korea, set in the 1970s, is a political thriller exploring power, corruption and moral ambiguity under an authoritarian regime.

29 Dec 2025 - 8:15PMvideocam

Hyun Bin as political operator Baek Ki-tae in a still from Made in Korea, a slick political thriller set in 1970s South Korea.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Stranger Things newcomer Nell Fisher, who plays Holly Wheeler

Nell Fisher, playing a pivotal role in season five, is only 14 years old – but she’s already acted alongside Elijah Wood.

29 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM

Nell Fisher at the Stranger Things premiere in November. Photo: @nellfisher_/Instagram

HBO’s Heated Rivalry scores with mix of hockey and queer sports romance

Writer and director of HBO’s Heated Rivalry Jacob Tierney talks about the ‘pure queer’ joy of reading the storyline and casting the leads.

29 Dec 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

Meet British actor Guy Burnet, who plays geologist Charlie Newsom in Landman

The Jonathan Bailey lookalike got his start in UK soap opera Hollyoaks, and also appeared in the Christopher Nolan blockbuster Oppenheimer.

29 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Stephen Chow and Donnie Yen reinvented Bruce Lee’s classic Chen Zhen

Fist of Fury 1991 with Stephen Chow and TV series Fist of Fury with Donnie Yen saw two different versions of Bruce Lee’s famous character.

28 Dec 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Donnie Yen in a still from the television drama series Fist of Fury (1995).

Food and Drinks

How Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars season 2 stays ‘true to the original essence’

Amid off-screen scrutiny on one of the show’s judges, season two of Culinary Class Wars returns with a focus on its intense cooking battles.

28 Dec 2025 - 12:15PMvideocam

A poster for Netflix’s cooking show Culinary Class Wars season two. The Netflix hit cooking competition returned on December 16. Photo: Netflix

Korean drama reviews

The 15 best K-dramas of 2025 ranked, from Melo Movie to Squid Game 3

Here are our 15 favourite Korean dramas from the past year, which also include Dear X, Typhoon Family, Way Back Love, Aema and Nine Puzzles.

28 Dec 2025 - 7:15AMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

Q&A | Audrey Hobert’s journey from bedroom ballads to hit single ‘Sue Me’

Hobert was living with her childhood friend Abrams in Los Angeles when she started writing her own music … now she’s on her global Staircase to Stardom Tour.

28 Dec 2025 - 6:00AM

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